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Read. Follow. Verify.Utah Legislature limits senators to 10 and representatives to 6 bill requests per session
Last action · March 6, 2026: House/ filedSponsor: Clint Okerlund
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What This Bill Proposed
This joint rules resolution limits requests for legislation.
Lawmakers face strict caps on how many legislative proposals they can officially submit, which changes how legislators prioritize their policy initiatives each session.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
senators
Senators are limited to filing a maximum of 10 requests for legislation per general session.
representatives
Representatives are limited to filing a maximum of six requests for legislation per general session.
Key Facts
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Frequently Asked Questions
How many bill requests can a state senator file under this resolution?
Are there bill requests that are exempt from these limits?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This resolution did not become law - Died at adjournment · introduced in the House.
Procedural history
12 actions- Mar 6, 2026HouseHouse/ filed
- Mar 6, 2026HouseHouse/ strike enacting clause
- Feb 4, 2026HouseHouse Comm - Held
- Feb 3, 2026HouseHouse/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- Feb 2, 2026ReleasedLFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HJR019
- Feb 2, 2026Version SponsorLFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HJR019
Show 6 earlier actions
- Jan 30, 2026HouseIntroducedHouse/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- Jan 30, 2026HouseHouse/ received bill from Legislative Research
- Jan 30, 2026Legislative Fiscal AgencyLFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HJR019
- Jan 30, 2026Legislative Fiscal AnalystLFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HJR019
- Jan 30, 2026Legislative Research and General CounselNumbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- Jan 30, 2026Legislative Research and General CounselBill Numbered but not Distributed
Version history
Only one version on file - nothing to compare yet. As later stages (committee substitute, engrossed, enrolled) are captured, the redline appears here.
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No state lobbying filings in our records match this bill. Federal lobbying reports (LDA) cover Congress, so they are not listed on state bills.
Full breakdown
Who this bill affects and the strongest case for and against it, written only from the bill’s own text.
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 40)
- Controversy15Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz10Current news / social attention level
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